Blog Contest Revealed!

One person finally guessed the correct answer to our blog question... Daryl's sister, Donna. Good job! The 171 is the heartrate of Baby Hunter 3.0! I am 9 weeks along today (Wed) and my due date is April 29th. I went to the doctor Monday and had a quick sonogram to verify due date and see the heartbeat. Everything looked great! I'll have to post the pictures soon although it just looks like a bean right now.

Thanks for those who submitted answers. They were quite amusing!

171?
That number has a special significance to us right now. If you submit the correct guess as to what it means, you will win a super duper grand prize! So, put on your thinking caps and submit guesses below in the comment section. You can post it as anonymous but be sure to put your name at the end of the comment so I know who you are! The answer will be given within 48 hours. 

Back to Normal Life!

Well, we just got our cable TV, internet, and phones back on. I had really started to miss those things. We are SO lucky and thankful though. We found out the people on the street right behind us do not have power. We think living next to the hospital probably helped us to get ours back so quickly. Daryl's brother is staying with us now because they don't have power and my step-dads parents don't have their power as well. Right now Daryl and his brother are going through the contents of their refridgerator he brought with him to throw away.

The reason for all this craziness was the hurricane we had in Louisville on Sunday afternoon! Ike came through and some other crazy weather phenomenons happened which caused us to get 75 mph wind gusts. It knocked out power to roughly 60% of Louisville and caused lots of tree damage. Schools are out again tomorrow for the third day. I had to get gas on Monday and it took a half hour to get through the lines and that was pretty short. I feel sorry for all those that still are without power with fridges that are starting to stink. They estimate it will still take 10-14 days to get everyone back online.

Extreme Office Makeover

As I mentioned in my last post, Daryl had decided that he was going to work out of the house from libraries or coffeehouses and such. Well, he found out that he couldn't do some of the things he needed to do that way. So, we decided we would build an office and do it in a week!!! It was crazy, but we are really happy with the results. 

We have a one car, detached garage. On the side of it there is a carport. That is what we decided to wall in to create Daryl's office. Here is what it looked like before.

Daryl and I did all the work with some help from his brother in laying the flooring. Here are some more photos of the progress.

What We've Been Up To...

I haven't updated in a month or so, so I'll include what we have been up to in one post. 

We had our friends from college/seminary/LifeChurch visit one weekend. They have a son that is a few weeks older than Nathan and they were in childcare together in Oklahoma. 

We also went to my dad's family's family reunion over Labor Day. We meet up in Nashville, IN. It was fun. Daryl played in the golf outing, we went swimming, ate lots, and had fun. The best part was being able to visit with family that we only get to see once a year. 

Daryl also started his new job. He had previously decided to work out of the house in libraries and coffeehouses and such... well, we made a different decision with that. More to come later on that! :)